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It has almost been a month but the police could not arrest the perpetrators. In the meantime some people are fanning the rumor mills because of the delay. the journalist fraternity and the civic society has condemned the failure. There had been protests, human chain and rallies across the country demanding arrest and trial of the murderers.

Why the couple were killed remains a mystery even after all these days. The police told the media [bn] that initial investigations revealed that the killers were known to the family and the murder was pre-planned.

Blogger Orpheus at Sachalayatan blog also concurs to the fact that it was planned:

I have read the news, digged a few links. So far I gather that it is clear that the killers went inside the house somehow and they knew well in advance what to do. The broken grill is a long used decoy method, many murderers have used this to forge motive. Why two grown ups were killed and there were no unusual sounds loud enough to wake the kid up need careful scrutiny. If killers were not someone they knew, it would not be possible.

Blogger Naishad [bn] suggested that the police should check the phone calls of the couple made for clues:

They should look for all the numbers on their call list and check whether they were active on that night and especially were used under the same BTS, where the journalists’ home falls. They could find an important clue.

The day after the home minister Sahara Khatun declared that arrests will be made within 48 hours. But the killers were not arrested within the stipulated time. Netizens expressed their dissatisfaction on this. Ashikweblog doubts [bn] whether the killers will be nabbed before 48 days:

This type of rhetoric is unacceptable. I stress that the government is responsible for what goes on in the state. And if any government cannot ensure that we have to assume that its a failure or its not capable.

Security is not only meant for the Bangabhaban (President's house) or Ganabhaban (Prime Minister's house). The government should also take the responsibility to secure every building of the state.

The failure to arrest the killers has led to the spread of a rumor filled note in Facebook. Many are taking the note for true. On the other hand many others are terming this as a biased campaign. One blogger thinks that “the failure to keep the government's 48 hour commitment is fueling such rumor”.

Tanbira suggests that foreign investigators should be consulted to overcome the failure to arrest the killers:

We have seen the use of foreign help in the past. We will also see such efforts in the future. So why not now?

Journalists and civil society are protesting this brutal killing all over the country. Image by Siam Sarwar Jamil. Copyright Demotix (12/2/2012)

People have expressed concern about the excess of the private TV channels. For example, on the day of the murder the TV reporters questioned the son of the murdered couple over and over [bn]. Every newspaper is running articles on this murder everyday. The court has given 24 hours ultimatum to the secretary of the ministry of information to stop all such baseless reports. However many journalists protested this directive terming this as a kind of censorship. Farzana99 wrote in Somewhereinblog.net:

It is sad that the combined efforts of the intelligence agencies could not find out the killers of Sagar-Runi. Why, it needs to be answered by the government. If not then they will be judged in the next election. The ruling party would not want their popularity rates decline.

I will demand for justice for this murder with all my might. My hurt burns for Megh [the son of Sagar-Runi]. My son could be in place of him, Runi could be my wife, and me, killed like Sagar!!! Where will we go? Where will we stand? To whom should we go? Did we want this Bangladesh, such a death valley???